Automatic starter for winding-machine stop motions



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J.- O. MCKEAN AUTOMATIC STATER FOR WINDING MACHINE STQ MOTIONS F119@ May2, 1924 s sheets-sheet 1 June 9, 1925. 1,541,581"

J. O. MCKEAN AUTOMATIC STARTER FOR WINDING MACHINE STOP MOTIONS 5Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 2. 1924 June 9, 1925. 1,541,581

J.Q.MCKEAN AUTOMATIC STARTER FOR WINDING MACHINE STOP MOTIONSFiledMay'z, 1924 5 sheeis-sheet :s

Patented @line 9, ii

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Be it known that L J'oI-IN-O. lVlrclizANv av citizenfoftheUnitedStates., and resident of llfestlieldl. inthe' county of Hampden.and State of. lwtassachnsetts have invented a new and:usefulflmprovementin citomatic Startlers for l/Vindingwachine Stop ll/'otions,V ot whichthe following` is i 21.-'spec-iticatien. n

lThe objectcft' my invention. isfto provide manually c-ontrolledineansactingthrough a portionov the istop motion mechanism to auf tomaticallystart the wir lng ofi the cop. Y

My inventionis 4sheivn inl ccnnection` With a'ivinding. machine. foryarn. etc, having;V a stop motion mechanism yet the type illus-vtratedin-UnitedStates Letters-Patentfto me7 No. 952,015, i dated March!15th A1910 and to Holt &Kershavv,No. 173513,477-5, datedl Septemloe-r-21st,l .19520, inl Which the rocking; movementV of. tliev stop mationplate lever controls fthe stopping; and starting. of: the Windingofthecop. .Y i

el practical! embodiment-L of my invention is represented in theacconipanying,A draw ingfsyinlivhichm u I Fig;l 1representsinfverticalcross section so' mucho-ti a-Winding machin-eas:lincludes my. ini/"ent-ionfthe parts being. shown intheir 'runningposition.-

Fig; 2 represents( asimilar Eviewv with the parts: shown in\ their.stop?7 positionL i lF 3 represents.asimilar view -Withrthe parts"albe-positions they assume'whenithle -starti v hand leverr hasv heenAmanually rocledfinvvardlyv, tov brin-gitsf paWlf into the path ot the.start-ingl kicker. p

Fig. 4 represents a detailsectionin anotherr plane,A with the p arts infthe p ositions shown i-nFigf.' 3. f

Williir'st describe@ generally? the. parte ot the Winding; machine vandstop mation which are-necessarytto give a clear understanding; of my,automatic star-ter.`

rEhe-stop motionrplateflever 1 is pivotedfat 2, tothe auxiliary fr-aine,uprisingl from the rail. The plate.lever` is ryie'ldingly, 'held inyeither of itsy tivov positionsthy theusual spr-ing 5.- The continuouslyrotatingcop drivinggroll-i ismeuntedin the auxiliary l tra-'met Thefcolpholder?zis-pivoted at` 8 to't'hemain fra-nie Sand it is lprovidedA.vlith the depending roch 1() connected atl its low-er' endy to thetoothedoperating handle 1924; Serial No.. 710,609;

bar 11'. The uprising arm 12 o'fthe platev 'lever`1 isA engaged,asnsualyby the handle bar 11.

t The cross shaft 13 is mounte'd-in' the lower armo-t the plate-lever 15on'ivhich shaft the .drop Wire' lever is looselypivoted, the droposcillatiiiglicker/shatt'y when the thread i Breaks ori is exhausted,Vthereby causing'v the kicker' 16 -to rock the plate lever 1 in adirectiontovraise the'cop 7. away `from itis Contact with the drivingroll 6 an d thus 'sto p the Winding? of-r the cop.Y

4 The' licle'rshatt' 17 is continuously oscil-Y latedJ from.' the shaft18'` through the pitman 19 which connects! the shaft crank 20'WiththearinQl, WhichV depends from the 'shaft' 17. [.The'ya'rm orthe'lil'e,'islled through'the Shih catcher" and tension" device '242,A the dropWire 1,4I andoverl' tlieguide hair' tothe cop.

The' nianually7V .controlled means acting` through al portion ot'the'stop vmotion mechanism for automatically starting the. vvind-- ing-:ofttheoc'op is constructed, arrangedY and operated as follows.:

VA' startingjhand lever 24; is loosely pivoted on'lthe'shait" 13;`carried by the plate lever'l, which handlever tends', by gravity, toswing to the limit ofits outward movement, avvay from' the 'l platelever.l v v A startingliclier 2'is vcarriedl'by' the con'- tifnuou'sly'osellatngsliat '17T inf di fferent plane from that o'tthe' stop kicker16.` A pa'vvlisgpivot'edon the startinghand lever 241: inV position to'loemove'dX into? tlie'pathjot the, sjtar'tn'g'jkclier1 xfvhen thestarting ,lia-nd l'ever 24e' is" moved to the limit lof" its inwardmovement toward theplatelever 1 and thefplate" lever' is atVth`e"lint1it' of its in wardfmcvement'. K K

' As the starltingfhand lever 24' tendsghy gravity to s'wing'outivardlyaway" fromthe stop motion plate lever 1', and to therfeliy litt thepaivl out of the p`jatlilo-t3 the oscillating; starting kiclier'; lprovide a= latch 27, tpivoted at 28 tothe hand lever for f temporarilylo'eliiig"` lthe handl'ever at the' limit of' its inward.4 movementWith' the paW'l in the path'of'tlie startingkicker. This isaccomplished" loy, causing L the f1`"`ee'end of the said latch to restupon the oscillating kicker shaft until it is disengaged therefrom. Myautomatic starting mechanism is placed in operation as follows:

l will assume that the stop motion plate lever l has been rocked fromits run position, shown in TEig. l to its stop position, shown in Fig.2.

After the yarn, or the like, is ready for Winding, the starting handlever 24 is manually rocked inwardly toward the stop motion plate lever1 until the paivl 26 has been moved into the path of the starting kicker25 and until the latch 27 has been brought into engagement with theoscillating kicker shaft 17. rlhe latch Will then temporarily hold theparts in this position. If the paivl happened to be brought into thepath of the starting kicker in back of the kicker, the paivl Will rideover the kicker as the kickerl moves rearwardly and then dropped intoposition in front of the kicker. The kicker, in its forward movement,will engage the paivl and through it, rock the stop motion plate leverand the parts carried thereby, to the limit of the outward movement ofthe plate lever Where it will be yieldingly held by the spring 5. Thismovement Will permit the cop holder 7 to drop the cop into engagementwith the driving roll 6 and thus start the .Winding of the cop. rlhisoutward movement of the stop motion plate lever Will release the latch27 from its engagement with the continuously oscillating kicker shaft17, thereby permitting the starting hand lever 2a to drop, by gravity,to the limit of its outward movement,vthus raising the paWl 26v out ofthe path of the oscillating start-- ing kicker 25.

It is evident that various changes m'ay be resorted to in theconstruction, form and arrangement of the several parts Withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence, I do notintend to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown anddescribed, but What I claim is l. A Winding Vmachine stop motionincluding the kicker shaft, and a manually controlled automatic startercomprising a starting kicker on said shaft, and means arranged to bemove-d into the path of the kicker.

2. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter comprising a starting kicker on said shaft, and means mounted onsaid plate lever, arranged to be moved into the path of the kicker. l

3. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automat-icstarter also operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, and a hand lever mounted on said lever, said hand lever having anelement arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker.

t. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kickershaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever mounted on said lever, said hand lever having anelement arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker, and adevice carried by the hand lever for temporarily locking the lever vvithsaid element in the path of the said kicker.

5. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft' and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever mounted on said lever, said hand lever having anelement arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker, and adevice carried by the hand lever for termporarily locking the lever Withsaid element in the path of the said kicker, said device beingautomatically released by the forward movement of the said kicker.

6. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker 0n saidshaft, and a hand lever mounted on said plate lever, said hand leverhaving a paivl arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker.

7. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operatedy by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever mounted on said plate lever, said hand lever havinga pavvl arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker, and alatch carried by said hand lever, arranged to be brought into engagementWith said shaft, for temporarily locking the lever With said paivl inthe path of the said kicker.

' 8. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever mounted on said plate lever, said hand lever havinga paWl arranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker, and alatch carried by said hand lever arranged to bel brought into engagementwith said shaft, for temporarily locking the lever with said pavvl inthe path of the said kicker, said latch being automatically released bythe forward movement of said kicker.

9. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby and a manually controlled automatic starteralso operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on said shaft, ahand lever mounted on said plate lever, said hand lever having a` pavvlarranged to be moved into the path of the said kicker, a latch carriedby said hand lever arranged to be brought into engagement With saidshaft, for temporarily locking the lever with said pawl in the path ofthe said kicker, said latch being automatically released by the forwardmovement of said kicker, and said hand lever being operated, by gravity,when released, to automatically rock into its non-starting' position.

10. A Winding machine stop motion including the kicker shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kicker shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever pivoted on said plate lever provided With a pawlarranged to be moved by said hand lever into the path of the saidkicker, and a latch carried by the said hand lever, arranged to bebrought into engagement with the said shaft, for temmovement of the saidkicker.

11. A winding machine stop motion inoluding the kickerl shaft and theplate lever operated thereby, and a manually Controlled automaticstarter also operated by said kickerl shaft, comprising a kicker on saidshaft, a hand lever pivoted on said plate lever provided With a paWlarranged to be moved by said hand lever into the path of the saidkicker, alatch carried by the said hand lever, arranged to be broughtinto engagement With the said shaft, for temporarily locking the leverWith the pawl in the path of the said kicker, said latch beingautomatically released by t-he forward movement of the said kicker, andsaid hand lever being operated, by gravity, when released, toautomatically rock into its nonstarting posit-ion.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name this 29th day of April 1924:.

JOHN O. MCKEAN.

